#51
Posted: 10/13/08 at 12:52pm
Let's see...
Option 1: Apple makes iPods that are capable of being turned up to obscene volumes. People turn their iPods up to obscene volumes and go deaf. They promptly sue Apple. Apple suffer because they were too stupid to make iPods safe in the first place, and iPod users suffer because they were too stupid to keep their iPods at a sensible volume.
Option 2: Apple makes iPods so it's impossible to get them to terrifically dangerous levels. Some people grimble and grumble about how "OMG MY HUMAN RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF DEAFNESS ARE BEING INFRINGED!" but at the end of the day, Apple goes home happy through not causing anyone any damage, and the iPod users can listen to music for the rest of their lives because their ears still work.
People are inherently stupid. Because of these stupid, I'd really rather have a little reasonable restriction and see option 2 than watch the world go crazy with the "well HE shouldn't have turned it up so loud!" "well HE shouldn't have made the iPod able to be so loud!" litigation that would sure as s*** follow option 1.
If you DESPERATELY want to go deaf, go buy an MP3 player from a company that doesn't care. Or go to a ton of gigs and stand next to the speakers. Or stalk construction companies and get as close to the pneumatic drills as you can. It's your right to destroy your hearing if you so desperately choose. Just as it's Apple's right to make their products safe for consumption by idiots.
Option 1: Apple makes iPods that are capable of being turned up to obscene volumes. People turn their iPods up to obscene volumes and go deaf. They promptly sue Apple. Apple suffer because they were too stupid to make iPods safe in the first place, and iPod users suffer because they were too stupid to keep their iPods at a sensible volume.
Option 2: Apple makes iPods so it's impossible to get them to terrifically dangerous levels. Some people grimble and grumble about how "OMG MY HUMAN RIGHTS TO FREEDOM OF DEAFNESS ARE BEING INFRINGED!" but at the end of the day, Apple goes home happy through not causing anyone any damage, and the iPod users can listen to music for the rest of their lives because their ears still work.
People are inherently stupid. Because of these stupid, I'd really rather have a little reasonable restriction and see option 2 than watch the world go crazy with the "well HE shouldn't have turned it up so loud!" "well HE shouldn't have made the iPod able to be so loud!" litigation that would sure as s*** follow option 1.
If you DESPERATELY want to go deaf, go buy an MP3 player from a company that doesn't care. Or go to a ton of gigs and stand next to the speakers. Or stalk construction companies and get as close to the pneumatic drills as you can. It's your right to destroy your hearing if you so desperately choose. Just as it's Apple's right to make their products safe for consumption by idiots.